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Medinas D, Ribeiro V, Barbosa S, Valerio F, Marques JT, Rebelo H, Paupério J, Santos S, Mira A. Fine scale genetics reveals the subtle negative effects of roads on an endangered bat. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 869:161705. [PMID: 36682566 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The effective management of species with small and fragmented populations requires an in-depth understanding of how the effects of human-induced habitat disturbance shape the structure and gene flow at fine spatial scales. Identification of putative environmental barriers that affect individual exchange among subpopulations is imperative to prevent extinction risks. Here, we investigated how landscape affects the gene flow and relatedness structure of a population of the endangered lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros). We also assessed the effects of sexbiased dispersal on genetic relatedness. We genotyped 287 bat samples collected across southern Portugal and developed resistance surfaces for landscape variables hypothesized to affect gene flow. Then, we used spatially explicit models to fit relatedness distance through the resistance surfaces. We found genetic evidence of sex-biased dispersal and identified a significant fine scale structuring in the relatedness regarding females, the philopatric sex. Males displayed uniform levels of relatedness throughout the landscape. The results indicated less relatedness between the female´ from roosts located on proximity of roads than in roosts away from roads. Also, when analysing the sexes together the relatedness on roosts separated by highway were subtly less related in comparison to those occurring on the same side. Roads seem to be major shapers of the contemporary population structure of females, regardless of being relatively recent structures in the landscape. Furthermore, the relatedness patterns detected suggested that high tree density among roosts and continuity of forest patches in broader surrounding areas, promotes the relatedness among individuals. Landscape heterogeneity among roosts slightly decreases genetic relatedness. Nevertheless, those relationships are still weak, suggesting that population structuring driven by those factors is slowly ongoing. Thus, effective management measures should focus on issues for promoting safe road passages and suitable habitat corridors, allowing for the exchange of individuals and gene flow among lesser horseshoe bat roosts.
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- Denis Medinas
- CIBIO/InBIO, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Pole of Évora, Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Évora, Mitra, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal; UBC, Conservation Biology Lab, Department of Biology, University of Évora, Mitra, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal.
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- UBC, Conservation Biology Lab, Department of Biology, University of Évora, Mitra, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal.
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- CIBIO/InBIO-UP, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal.
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- UBC, Conservation Biology Lab, Department of Biology, University of Évora, Mitra, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal; MED - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, University of Évora, Mitra, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal; EaRSLab-Earth Remote Sensing Laboratory, University of Évora, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal.
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- UBC, Conservation Biology Lab, Department of Biology, University of Évora, Mitra, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal; MED - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, University of Évora, Mitra, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal.
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- CIBIO/InBIO-UP, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal; CEABN-InBIO, Centre for Applied Ecology "Prof. Baeta Neves", Institute of Agronomy, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal.
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- CIBIO/InBIO-UP, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal.
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- UBC, Conservation Biology Lab, Department of Biology, University of Évora, Mitra, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal; MED - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, University of Évora, Mitra, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal.
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- UBC, Conservation Biology Lab, Department of Biology, University of Évora, Mitra, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal; MED - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, University of Évora, Mitra, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal.
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Dufresnes C, Dutoit L, Brelsford A, Goldstein-Witsenburg F, Clément L, López-Baucells A, Palmeirim J, Pavlinić I, Scaravelli D, Ševčík M, Christe P, Goudet J. Inferring genetic structure when there is little: population genetics versus genomics of the threatened bat Miniopterus schreibersii across Europe. Sci Rep 2023; 13:1523. [PMID: 36707640 PMCID: PMC9883447 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-27988-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Despite their paramount importance in molecular ecology and conservation, genetic diversity and structure remain challenging to quantify with traditional genotyping methods. Next-generation sequencing holds great promises, but this has not been properly tested in highly mobile species. In this article, we compared microsatellite and RAD-sequencing (RAD-seq) analyses to investigate population structure in the declining bent-winged bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) across Europe. Both markers retrieved general patterns of weak range-wide differentiation, little sex-biased dispersal, and strong isolation by distance that associated with significant genetic structure between the three Mediterranean Peninsulas, which could have acted as glacial refugia. Microsatellites proved uninformative in individual-based analyses, but the resolution offered by genomic SNPs illuminated on regional substructures within several countries, with colonies sharing migrators of distinct ancestry without admixture. This finding is consistent with a marked philopatry and spatial partitioning between mating and rearing grounds in the species, which was suspected from marked-recaptured data. Our study advocates that genomic data are necessary to properly unveil the genetic footprints left by biogeographic processes and social organization in long-distant flyers, which are otherwise rapidly blurred by their high levels of gene flow.
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- Christophe Dufresnes
- Laboratory for Amphibian Systematic and Evolutionary Research, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Bat Research Area, Granollers Museum of Natural Sciences, Carrer Palaudaries 102, 08402, Granollers, Spain
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- Department of Animal Biology, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change - cE3c, University of Lisbon, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Zoology, Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, 128 44, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Péter Á, Mihalca AD, Haelewaters D, Sándor AD. Focus on Hyperparasites: Biotic and Abiotic Traits Affecting the Prevalence of Parasitic Microfungi on Bat Ectoparasites. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.795020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The tritrophic association of bats, bat flies, and Laboulbeniales microfungi is a remarkably understudied system that may reveal patterns applicable to community ecology theory of (hyper)parasites. Laboulbeniales are biotrophic microfungi, exclusively associated with arthropods, with several species that are specialized on bat flies, which themselves are permanent ectoparasites of bats. Several hypotheses were tested on biotic and abiotic traits that may influence the presence and prevalence of hyperparasitic Laboulbeniales fungi on bat flies, based on southeastern European data. We found a wide distribution of fungal infection on bat flies, with underground-dwelling bats hosting more Laboulbeniales-infected flies compared to crevice-dwelling species. Bat host behavior, sociality, roost selection (underground versus crevice), bat fly sex, and season all have significant effects on the prevalence of fungal infection. Laboulbeniales infections are more common on bat flies that are infecting bat species with dense and long-lasting colonies (Miniopterus schreibersii, Myotis myotis, Myotis blythii), which roost primarily in underground sites. Inside these sites, elevated temperature and humidity may enhance the development and transmission of Laboulbeniales fungi. Sexual differences in bat hosts’ behavior also have an effect on fungal infection risk, with densely roosting female bat hosts harboring more Laboulbeniales-infected bat flies.
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Yousefi S, Sharifi M, Štefka J. Comparative phylogeography of two bat species and their mites in Iran shows impact of host sociality and vagility on population structure. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS České Budějovice Czech Republic
- Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice České Budějovice Czech Republic
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Pejić B, Budinski I, van Schaik J, Blagojević J. Sharing roosts but not ectoparasites: high host-specificity in bat flies and wing mites of Miniopterus schreibersii and Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Curr Zool 2021; 68:507-516. [DOI: 10.1093/cz/zoab086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Schreiber’s bent-winged bat Miniopterus schreibersii and the greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum are widespread and common cavernicolous species across southern Europe that host numerous specialized ectoparasite species. The objective of this study was to characterize the species assemblage, genetic diversity, and host specificity of bat flies (Nycteribiidae, Diptera) and wing mites (Spinturnicidae, Acari) found on these bat hosts in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Notably, while bat flies lay puparia on the cave walls and can thus be transmitted indirectly, wing mites require direct body contact for transmission. Morphological identification and sequencing of a 710-bp fragment of cytochrome oxidase I gene of 207 bat flies yielded 4 species, 3 on M. schreibersii and 1 on R. ferrumequinum. Sequencing of a 460-bp small subunit ribosomal RNA fragment, in all 190 collected wing mites revealed 2 species, 1 per host. In no case was a parasite associated with 1 host found on the other host. Species and genetic diversity of flies were higher in M. schreibersii, likely reflecting their host’s larger colony sizes and migratory potential. Mite species of both hosts showed similarly low diversity, likely due to their faster life history and lower winter survival. Our findings highlight a remarkably high host-specificity and segregation of ectoparasite species despite direct contact among their hosts in the roost, suggesting a defined host preference in the investigated ectoparasite species. Furthermore, the differences in ectoparasite genetic diversity exemplify the interplay between host and parasite life histories in shaping parasite population genetic structure.
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- Branka Pejić
- Department of Genetic Research, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University in Belgrade. Bulevar despota Stefana 142, Belgrade 11060, Serbia
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- Department of Genetic Research, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University in Belgrade. Bulevar despota Stefana 142, Belgrade 11060, Serbia
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- Applied Zoology and Nature Conservation, Zoological Institute and Museum, University of Greifswald, Loitzer Strasse 26, Greifswald 17489, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Research, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University in Belgrade. Bulevar despota Stefana 142, Belgrade 11060, Serbia
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Out of Africa: The origins of the protozoan blood parasites of the Trypanosoma cruzi clade found in bats from Africa. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2019; 145:106705. [PMID: 31821880 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Understanding geographic patterns of interaction between hosts and parasites can provide useful insight into the evolutionary history of the organisms involved. However, poor taxon sampling often hinders meaningful phylogenetic descriptions of groups of parasites. Trypanosome parasites that constitute the Trypanosoma cruzi clade are worldwide distributed infecting several mammalian species, especially bats. Diversity in this clade has been recently expanded by newly discovered species, but the common ancestor and geographical origins of this group of blood parasites are still debated. We present here results based on the molecular characterization of trypanosome isolates obtained from 1493 bats representing 74 species and sampled over 16 countries across four continents. After estimating the appropriate number of hypothetical species in our data set using GMYC models in combination with Poisson Tree Processes (mPTP) and ABGD, the 18S rRNA and gGAPDH genes were used for phylogenetic analyses to infer the major evolutionary relationships in the T. cruzi clade. Then, biogeographical processes influencing the distribution of this cosmopolitan group of parasites was inferred using BioGeoBEARS. Results revealed a large lineages diversity and the presence of trypanosomes in all sampled regions which infected 344 individuals from 31 bat species. We found eight Trypanosoma species, including: five previously known; one subspecies of Trypanosoma livingstonei (Trypanosoma cf. livingstonei); and two undescribed taxa (Trypanosoma sp. 1, Trypanosoma sp. 2), which were found exclusively in bats of the genus Miniopterus from Europe and Africa. The new taxa discovered have both an unexpected position in the global phylogeny of the T. cruzi clade. Trypanosoma sp. 1 is a sister lineage of T. livingstonei which is located at the base of the tree, whereas Trypanosoma sp. 2 is a sister lineage of the Shizotrypanum subclade that contains T. c. cruzi and T. dionisii. Ancestral areas reconstruction provided evidence that trypanosomes of the T. cruzi clade have radiated from Africa through several dispersion events across the world. We discuss the impact of these findings on the biogeography and taxonomy of this important clade of parasites and question the role played by bats, especially those from the genus Miniopterus, on the dispersal of these protozoan parasites between continents.
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Gürün K, Furman A, Juste J, Ramos Pereira MJ, Palmeirim JM, Puechmaille SJ, Hulva P, Presetnik P, Hamidovic D, Ibáñez C, Karataş A, Allegrini B, Georgiakakis P, Scaravelli D, Uhrin M, Nicolaou H, Abi-Said MR, Nagy ZL, Gazaryan S, Bilgin R. A continent-scale study of the social structure and phylogeography of the bent-wing bat, Miniopterus schreibersii (Mammalia: Chiroptera), using new microsatellite data. J Mammal 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AbstractMiniopterus schreibersii is a cave-dwelling bat species with a wide distribution in the western Palearctic spanning southern and central Europe, North Africa, Anatolia, the Middle East, and the Caucasus. We investigated the social structure and its effects on the genetic makeup of this species, using 10 nuclear microsatellite markers and a partial fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Samples were examined from the species' entire circum-Mediterranean range. Local structuring that was previously detected among populations of M. schreibersii using mitochondrial markers was not observed for microsatellite markers, indicating male-biased dispersal for the species. Some support was found for postglacial expansions in Europe, with Anatolia potentially acting as the primary refugium during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). However, support for this hypothesis is not as strong as that previously detected using mitochondrial DNA markers. This is likely due to the diminishing effect of male-mediated dispersal, replenishing the nuclear diversity faster than the mitochondrial diversity in regions that are relatively far from the glacial refugia.
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- Kanat Gürün
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Bebek, Istanbul 34342, Turkey
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Bebek, Istanbul 34342, Turkey
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Avda. Américo Vespucio s/n, Seville 41092, Spain
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- CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid 28029, Spain
- Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Porto Alegre, RS 91540-000, Brazil
- Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Wildlife Research Unit, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change, Dept. Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- University College Dublin, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Zoology Institute, University of Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
- Chauves-souris Aveyron (CSA), 12310, Vimenet, France
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, CZ-128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic
- Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10, 710 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Centre for Cartography of Fauna and Flora, Ljubljana Office, Klunova 3, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Croatian Biospeleological Society, Zagreb, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Avda. Américo Vespucio s/n, Seville 41092, Spain
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- Department of Biology, Niğde University, Niğde 51100, Turkey
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- Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Knossos Ave., P.O. Box: 2208, GR71 409 Irakleion, Crete, Greece
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- Department Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy
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- Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Moyzesova 11, SK-040 01 Košice, Slovakia
- Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamycká 1176, 165 21 Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- Parks and Environment Sector, Forestry Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, 1414 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Animal Encounter, Aley, Lebanon
- Faculty of Sciences II, Lebanese University, Al Fanar, 90656 Jdeidet, Lebanon
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- Institute of Ecology of Mountain Territories RAS, Armand 37A360000, Nalchik, Russia
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Bebek, Istanbul 34342, Turkey
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Centeno‐Cuadros A, Razgour O, García‐Mudarra JL, Mingo‐Casas P, Sandonís V, Redondo A, Ibáñez C, Paz O, Martinez‐Alós S, Pérez Suarez G, Echevarría JE, Juste J. Comparative phylogeography and asymmetric hybridization between cryptic bat species. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Biological Sciences University of Southampton Southampton UK
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- Departmento de Ecología Evolutiva Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC) Sevilla Spain
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- Departmento de Ecología Evolutiva Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC) Sevilla Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Alcalá Alcalá de Henares, Madrid Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Alcalá Alcalá de Henares, Madrid Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Alcalá Alcalá de Henares, Madrid Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III Majadahonda, Madrid Spain
- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP Madrid Spain
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- Departmento de Ecología Evolutiva Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC) Sevilla Spain
- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP Madrid Spain
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De Benedictis P, Bourhy H, Echevarría JE, Fooks AR, Freuling C, Serra-Cobo J, Müller T. Comments to "Detection and phylogenetic characterization of astroviruses in insectivorous bats from Central-Southern Italy". Zoonoses Public Health 2019; 66:355-358. [PMID: 31050204 DOI: 10.1111/zph.12556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Paola De Benedictis
- FAO and Italian Reference Centre for Rabies, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies, Unit Lyssavirus Dynamics and Host Adaptation, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- WHO Collaborating Centre, OIE Reference Laboratory for Rabies, Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector Borne Disease Research Group, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Surrey, UK
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- WHO Collaborating Centre, OIE Reference Laboratory for Rabies, Institute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI), Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- IRBIO and Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- WHO Collaborating Centre, OIE Reference Laboratory for Rabies, Institute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI), Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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Sándor AD, Földvári M, Krawczyk AI, Sprong H, Corduneanu A, Barti L, Görföl T, Estók P, Kováts D, Szekeres S, László Z, Hornok S, Földvári G. Eco-epidemiology of Novel Bartonella Genotypes from Parasitic Flies of Insectivorous Bats. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2018; 76:1076-1088. [PMID: 29705820 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-018-1195-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Bats are important zoonotic reservoirs for many pathogens worldwide. Although their highly specialized ectoparasites, bat flies (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea), can transmit Bartonella bacteria including human pathogens, their eco-epidemiology is unexplored. Here, we analyzed the prevalence and diversity of Bartonella strains sampled from 10 bat fly species from 14 European bat species. We found high prevalence of Bartonella spp. in most bat fly species with wide geographical distribution. Bat species explained most of the variance in Bartonella distribution with the highest prevalence of infected flies recorded in species living in dense groups exclusively in caves. Bat gender but not bat fly gender was also an important factor with the more mobile male bats giving more opportunity for the ectoparasites to access several host individuals. We detected high diversity of Bartonella strains (18 sequences, 7 genotypes, in 9 bat fly species) comparable with tropical assemblages of bat-bat fly association. Most genotypes are novel (15 out of 18 recorded strains have a similarity of 92-99%, with three sequences having 100% similarity to Bartonella spp. sequences deposited in GenBank) with currently unknown pathogenicity; however, 4 of these sequences are similar (up to 92% sequence similarity) to Bartonella spp. with known zoonotic potential. The high prevalence and diversity of Bartonella spp. suggests a long shared evolution of these bacteria with bat flies and bats providing excellent study targets for the eco-epidemiology of host-vector-pathogen cycles.
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- Attila D Sándor
- Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Zoonoses & Environmental Microbiology, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Zoonoses & Environmental Microbiology, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Romanian Bat Protection Association - Central Branch, Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania
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- Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly University, Eger, Hungary
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- Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, 2 István Street, Budapest, H-1078, Hungary
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- Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, 2 István Street, Budapest, H-1078, Hungary
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- Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, 2 István Street, Budapest, H-1078, Hungary.
- Evolutionary Systems Research Group, Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Tihany, Hungary.
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Genetic diversity distribution among seasonal colonies of a nectar-feeding bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) in the Baja California Peninsula. Mamm Biol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2018.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Zhang C, Jiang T, Lu G, Lin A, Sun K, Liu S, Feng J. Geographical variation in the echolocation calls of bent-winged bats, Miniopterus fuliginosus. ZOOLOGY 2018; 131:36-44. [PMID: 29803625 DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2018.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2017] [Revised: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Evolutionary biologists had a long-standing interest in the evolutionary forces underlying geographical variation in the acoustic signals of animals. However, the evolutionary forces driving acoustic variation are still unclear. In this study, we quantified the geographical variation in the peak frequencies of echolocation calls in eight Miniopterus fuliginosus bat colonies, and assessed the forces that drive acoustic divergence. Our results demonstrated that seven of the colonies had very similar peak frequencies, while only one colony was significantly higher than the others. This similarity in echolocation call frequency among the seven colonies was likely due to frequent dispersal and migration, leading to male-mediated infiltration of nuclear genes. This infiltration enhances gene flow and weakens ecological selection, and also increases interactions in the presence of conspecifics. Significant correlations were not observed between acoustic distances and morphological distances, climatic differences, geographic distances or mtDNA genetic distances. However, variation in acoustic distances was significantly positive correlated with nDNA genetic distance, even after controlling for geographic distance. Interestingly, the relationship between call divergence and genetic distance was no longer significant after excluding the colony with the highest call frequency, which may be due to the minimal genetic distance among the other seven colonies. The highest frequencies of echolocation calls observed in the one colony may be shaped by selection pressure due to loud background noise in the area. Taken together, these results suggest that geographic divergence of echolocation calls may not be subject to genetic drift, but rather, that the strong selective pressure induced by background noise may lead to acoustic and genetic differentiation between JXT and the other colonies.
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- Chunmian Zhang
- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, PR China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, PR China.
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- College of Urban and Environment Science, Changchun Normal University, Changchun, 130032, PR China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, PR China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, PR China
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- Institute of Resources & Environment, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, 454000, PR China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, PR China; Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of Education Ministry, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, PR China.
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Tu VT, Hassanin A, Görföl T, Arai S, Fukui D, Thanh HT, Son NT, Furey NM, Csorba G. Integrative taxonomy of the Rhinolophus macrotiscomplex (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae) in Vietnam and nearby regions. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Vuong Tan Tu
- Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; Cau Giay District Hanoi Vietnam
- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité; ISYEB - UMR 7205 - CNRS; Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Université Paris-6 (UPMC); Sorbonne Universités; Paris France
- Service de Systématique Moléculaire (UMS 2700); Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle; Paris France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité; ISYEB - UMR 7205 - CNRS; Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Université Paris-6 (UPMC); Sorbonne Universités; Paris France
- Service de Systématique Moléculaire (UMS 2700); Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle; Paris France
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- Department of Zoology; Hungarian Natural History Museum; Budapest Hungary
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- Infectious Disease Surveillance Center; National Institute of Infectious Diseases; Tokyo Japan
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- The University of Tokyo Hokkaido Forest; the University of Tokyo; Furano Hokkaido Japan
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- Faculty of Biology; University of Science; Vietnam National University; Thanh Xuan District Hanoi Vietnam
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- Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; Cau Giay District Hanoi Vietnam
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- Fauna & Flora International; Cambodia Programme; Chamkarmorn Phnom Penh Cambodia
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- Department of Zoology; Hungarian Natural History Museum; Budapest Hungary
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Eyer PA, Leniaud L, Tinaut A, Aron S. Combined hybridization and mitochondrial capture shape complex phylogeographic patterns in hybridogenetic Cataglyphis desert ants. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2016; 105:251-262. [PMID: 27591172 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2016] [Revised: 08/24/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Some species of Cataglyphis desert ants have evolved a hybridogenetic mode of reproduction at the social scale. In hybridogenetic populations, two distinct genetic lineages coexist. Non-reproductive offspring (workers) are hybrids of the two lineages, whereas sexual offspring (males and new queens) are produced by parthenogenesis and belong to the mother queen lineage. How this unusual reproductive system affects phylogeographic patterns and speciation processes remains completely unknown to date. Using one mitochondrial and four nuclear genes, we examined the phylogenetic relationships between three species of Cataglyphis (C. hispanica, C. humeya and C. velox) where complex DNA inheritance through social hybridogenesis may challenge phylogenetic inference. Our results bring two important insights. First, our data confirm a hybridogenetic mode of reproduction across the whole distribution range of the species C. hispanica. In contrast, they do not provide support for hybridogenesis in the populations sampled of C. humeya and C. velox. This suggests that these populations are not hybridogenetic, or that hybridogenesis is too recent to result in reciprocally monophyletic lineages on nuclear genes. Second, due to mitochondrial introgression between lineages (Darras and Aron, 2015), the faster-evolving COI marker is not lineage specific, hence, unsuitable to further investigate the segregation of lineages in the species studied. Different mitochondrial haplotypes occur in each locality sampled, resulting in strongly structured populations. This micro-allopatric structure leads to over-splitting species delimitation on mitochondrial gene, as every locality could potentially be considered a putative species; haploweb analyses of nuclear markers, however, yield species delimitations that are consistent with morphology. Overall, this study highlights how social hybridogenesis varies across species and shapes complex phylogeographic patterns.
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- P A Eyer
- Evolutionary Biology & Ecology, CP 160/12, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50, av. F.D. Roosevelt, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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- Evolutionary Biology & Ecology, CP 160/12, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50, av. F.D. Roosevelt, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain
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- Evolutionary Biology & Ecology, CP 160/12, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50, av. F.D. Roosevelt, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Bilgin R, Gürün K, Rebelo H, Puechmaille SJ, Maracı Ö, Presetnik P, Benda P, Hulva P, Ibáñez C, Hamidovic D, Fressel N, Horáček I, Karataş A, Karataş A, Allegrini B, Georgiakakis P, Gazaryan S, Nagy ZL, Abi-Said M, Lučan RK, Bartonička T, Nicolaou H, Scaravelli D, Karapandža B, Uhrin M, Paunović M, Juste J. Circum-Mediterranean phylogeography of a bat coupled with past environmental niche modeling: A new paradigm for the recolonization of Europe? Mol Phylogenet Evol 2016; 99:323-336. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2015] [Revised: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Chen YN, Phuong VN, Chen HC, Chou CH, Cheng HC, Wu CH. Detection of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Related Coronavirus and Alphacoronavirus in the Bat Population of Taiwan. Zoonoses Public Health 2016; 63:608-615. [PMID: 27178103 PMCID: PMC7165716 DOI: 10.1111/zph.12271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Bats have been demonstrated to be natural reservoirs of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) CoV. Faecal samples from 248 individuals of 20 bat species were tested for partial RNA‐dependent RNA polymerase gene of CoV and 57 faecal samples from eight bat species were tested positive. The highest detection rate of 44% for Scotophilus kuhlii, followed by 30% for Rhinolophus monoceros. Significantly higher detection rates of coronaviral RNA were found in female bats and Scotophilus kuhlii roosting in palm trees. Phylogenetic analysis classified the positive samples into SARS‐related (SARSr) CoV, Scotophilus bat CoV 512 close to those from China and Philippines, and Miniopterus bat CoV 1A‐related lineages. Coronaviral RNA was also detected in bat guano from Scotophilus kuhlii and Myotis formosus flavus on the ground and had potential risk for human exposure. Diverse bat CoV with zoonotic potential could be introduced by migratory bats and maintained in the endemic bat population in Taiwan.
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- Y-N Chen
- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Endemic Species Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Nantou, Taiwan
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- Endemic Species Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Nantou, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Ramasindrazana B, Dellagi K, Lagadec E, Randrianarivelojosia M, Goodman SM, Tortosa P. Diversity, Host Specialization, and Geographic Structure of Filarial Nematodes Infecting Malagasy Bats. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0145709. [PMID: 26751792 PMCID: PMC4709050 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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We investigated filarial infection in Malagasy bats to gain insights into the diversity of these parasites and explore the factors shaping their distribution. Samples were obtained from 947 individual bats collected from 52 sites on Madagascar and representing 31 of the 44 species currently recognized on the island. Samples were screened for the presence of micro- and macro-parasites through both molecular and morphological approaches. Phylogenetic analyses showed that filarial diversity in Malagasy bats formed three main groups, the most common represented by Litomosa spp. infecting Miniopterus spp. (Miniopteridae); a second group infecting Pipistrellus cf. hesperidus (Vespertilionidae) embedded within the Litomosoides cluster, which is recognized herein for the first time from Madagascar; and a third group composed of lineages with no clear genetic relationship to both previously described filarial nematodes and found in M. griveaudi, Myotis goudoti, Neoromicia matroka (Vespertilionidae), Otomops madagascariensis (Molossidae), and Paratriaenops furculus (Hipposideridae). We further analyzed the infection rates and distribution pattern of Litomosa spp., which was the most diverse and prevalent filarial taxon in our sample. Filarial infection was disproportionally more common in males than females in Miniopterus spp., which might be explained by some aspect of roosting behavior of these cave-dwelling bats. We also found marked geographic structure in the three Litomosa clades, mainly linked to bioclimatic conditions rather than host-parasite associations. While this study demonstrates distinct patterns of filarial nematode infection in Malagasy bats and highlights potential drivers of associated geographic distributions, future work should focus on their alpha taxonomy and characterize arthropod vectors.
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- Beza Ramasindrazana
- Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les maladies émergentes dans l’Océan Indien, Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
- Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT "Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical", INSERM U 1187, CNRS 9192, IRD 249. Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, 97490 Sainte Clotilde, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France
- Association Vahatra, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les maladies émergentes dans l’Océan Indien, Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
- Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT "Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical", INSERM U 1187, CNRS 9192, IRD 249. Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, 97490 Sainte Clotilde, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France
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- Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les maladies émergentes dans l’Océan Indien, Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
- Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT "Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical", INSERM U 1187, CNRS 9192, IRD 249. Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, 97490 Sainte Clotilde, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France
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- Association Vahatra, Antananarivo, Madagascar
- The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les maladies émergentes dans l’Océan Indien, Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
- Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT "Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical", INSERM U 1187, CNRS 9192, IRD 249. Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, 97490 Sainte Clotilde, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France
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Tu VT, Csorba G, Görföl T, Arai S, Son NT, Thanh HT, Hasanin A. Description of a New Species of the GenusAselliscus(Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) from Vietnam. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2015. [DOI: 10.3161/15081109acc2015.17.2.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Li S, Sun K, Lu G, Lin A, Jiang T, Jin L, Hoyt JR, Feng J. Mitochondrial genetic differentiation and morphological difference of Miniopterus fuliginosus and Miniopterus magnater in China and Vietnam. Ecol Evol 2015; 5:1214-23. [PMID: 25859327 PMCID: PMC4377265 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2014] [Revised: 01/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Because of its complicated systematics, the bent-winged bat is one of the most frequently studied bat species groups. In China, two morphologically similar bent-winged bat species, Miniopterus fuliginosus and Miniopterus magnater were identified, but their distribution range and genetic differentiation are largely unexplored. In this study, we applied DNA bar codes and two other mitochondrial DNA genes including morphological parameters to determine the phylogeny, genetic differentiation, spatial distribution, and morphological difference of the M. fuliginosus and M. magnater sampled from China and one site in Vietnam. Mitochondrial DNA gene genealogies revealed two monophyletic lineages throughout the Tropic of Cancer. According to DNA bar code divergences, one is M. fuliginosus corresponding to the Chinese mainland and the other is M. magnater corresponding to tropical regions including Hainan and Guangdong provinces of China and Vietnam. Their most recent common ancestor was dated to the early stage of the Quaternary glacial period (ca. 2.26 million years ago [Ma] on the basis of D-loop data, and ca. 1.69-2.37 Ma according to ND2). A population expansion event was inferred for populations of M. fuliginosus at 0.14 Ma. The two species probably arose in separate Pleistocene refugia under different climate zones. They significantly differed in forearm length, maxillary third molar width, and greatest length of the skull.
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- Shi Li
- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University Changchun, 130024, China ; College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University Changchun, 130118, China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University Changchun, 130024, China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University Changchun, 130024, China ; College of Urban and Environment Sciences, Changchun Normal University Changchun, 130032, China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University Changchun, 130024, China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University Changchun, 130024, China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University Changchun, 130024, China
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, California, 95064, USA
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University Changchun, 130024, China
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Witsenburg F, Clément L, López-Baucells A, Palmeirim J, Pavlinić I, Scaravelli D, Ševčík M, Dutoit L, Salamin N, Goudet J, Christe P. How a haemosporidian parasite of bats gets around: the genetic structure of a parasite, vector and host compared. Mol Ecol 2015; 24:926-40. [PMID: 25641066 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Revised: 12/20/2014] [Accepted: 01/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Parasite population structure is often thought to be largely shaped by that of its host. In the case of a parasite with a complex life cycle, two host species, each with their own patterns of demography and migration, spread the parasite. However, the population structure of the parasite is predicted to resemble only that of the most vagile host species. In this study, we tested this prediction in the context of a vector-transmitted parasite. We sampled the haemosporidian parasite Polychromophilus melanipherus across its European range, together with its bat fly vector Nycteribia schmidlii and its host, the bent-winged bat Miniopterus schreibersii. Based on microsatellite analyses, the wingless vector, and not the bat host, was identified as the least structured population and should therefore be considered the most vagile host. Genetic distance matrices were compared for all three species based on a mitochondrial DNA fragment. Both host and vector populations followed an isolation-by-distance pattern across the Mediterranean, but not the parasite. Mantel tests found no correlation between the parasite and either the host or vector populations. We therefore found no support for our hypothesis; the parasite population structure matched neither vector nor host. Instead, we propose a model where the parasite's gene flow is represented by the added effects of host and vector dispersal patterns.
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- F Witsenburg
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Biophore, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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Taxonomic evaluation of the bent-winged bat (Miniopterus) populations occurring in Iran inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome-b sequences. MAMMALIA 2015. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2014-0002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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AbstractWe studied the genetic differentiation and taxonomy of the bent-wing bat (
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Kuo HC, Chen SF, Fang YP, Flanders J, Rossiter SJ. Comparative rangewide phylogeography of four endemic Taiwanese bat species. Mol Ecol 2014; 23:3566-86. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.12838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hao-Chih Kuo
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences; Queen Mary University of London; London E1 4NS UK
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- Center for General Education; National Taipei University; New Taipei City 23741 Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Resources; National Chiayi University; Chiayi City 60004 Taiwan
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- School of Biological Sciences; University of Bristol; Bristol BS8 1UG UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences; Queen Mary University of London; London E1 4NS UK
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Wang ZF, Ren H, Li ZC, Zhang QM, Liang KM, Ye WH, Wang ZM. Local genetic structure in the critically endangered, cave-associated perennial herbPrimulina tabacum(Gesneriaceae). Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Zheng-Feng Wang
- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems; South China Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Guangzhou; 510650; China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems; South China Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Guangzhou; 510650; China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems; South China Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Guangzhou; 510650; China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems; South China Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Guangzhou; 510650; China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems; South China Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Guangzhou; 510650; China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems; South China Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Guangzhou; 510650; China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems; South China Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Guangzhou; 510650; China
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Šrámek J, Gvoždík V, Benda P. Hidden diversity in bent-winged bats (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) of the Western Palaearctic and adjacent regions: implications for taxonomy. Zool J Linn Soc 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00870.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jan Šrámek
- Department of Zoology; Faculty of Science, Charles University; Viničná 7; CZ-128 44; Prague; Czech Republic
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Moussy C, Hosken D, Mathews F, Smith G, Aegerter J, Bearhop S. Migration and dispersal patterns of bats and their influence on genetic structure. Mamm Rev 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2012.00218.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Caroline Moussy
- Centre for Ecology and Conservation; University of Exeter; Tremough Campus, Penryn; Cornwall; TR10 9EZ; UK
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation; University of Exeter; Tremough Campus, Penryn; Cornwall; TR10 9EZ; UK
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- University of Exeter, Hatherly Laboratories; Prince of Wales Road; Exeter; EX4 4PS; UK
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- The Food and Environment Research Agency; Sand Hutton; York; YO41 1LZ; UK
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- The Food and Environment Research Agency; Sand Hutton; York; YO41 1LZ; UK
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation; University of Exeter; Tremough Campus, Penryn; Cornwall; TR10 9EZ; UK
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Dixon MD. Population genetic structure and natal philopatry in the widespread North American batMyotis lucifugus. J Mammal 2011. [DOI: 10.1644/10-mamm-a-426.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Detection of bat coronaviruses from Miniopterus fuliginosus in Japan. Virus Genes 2011; 44:40-4. [PMID: 21877208 PMCID: PMC7089452 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-011-0661-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2011] [Accepted: 08/16/2011] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Bats have great potential as reservoirs for emerging viruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus. In this study, bat coronaviruses (BtCoVs) were detected by RT-PCR from intestinal and fecal specimens of Miniopterus fuliginosus breeding colonies in Wakayama Prefecture caves, where we previously identified bat betaherpesvirus 2. Two primer sets were used for the detection of BtCoV: one was for the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) region and the other was for the spike (S) protein region. Eleven and 73% of intestinal and fecal specimens, respectively, were positive for RdRp region, and 2 and 40% of those were positive for S protein region. Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis showed that the detected BtCoV belonged to the group 1 (alpha) coronaviruses. These data suggest that BtCoV is endemic in M. fuliginosus in Japan.
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Weyeneth N, Goodman SM, Appleton B, Wood R, Ruedi M. Wings or winds: inferring bat migration in a stepping-stone archipelago. J Evol Biol 2011; 24:1298-306. [PMID: 21443643 DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02262.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Eocene ocean currents and prevailing winds correlate with over-water dispersals of terrestrial mammals from Africa to Madagascar. Since the Early Miocene (about 23 Ma), these currents flowed in the reverse direction, from the Indian Ocean towards Africa. The Comoro Islands are equidistant between Africa and Madagascar and support an endemic land vertebrate fauna that shares recent ancestry predominantly with Madagascar. We examined whether gene flow in two Miniopterus bat species endemic to the Comoros and Madagascar correlates with the direction of current winds, using uni- and bi-parentally inherited markers with different evolutionary rates. Coalescence-based analyses of mitochondrial matrilines support a Pleistocene (approximately 180,000 years ago) colonization event from Madagascar west to the Comoros (distance: 300 km) in the predicted direction. However, nuclear microsatellites show that more recent gene flow is restricted to a few individuals flying against the wind, from Grande Comore to Anjouan (distance: 80 km).
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- N Weyeneth
- Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology, Natural History Museum of Geneva, Route de Malagnou, Geneva, Switzerland
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Furman A, Postawa T, Oztunç T, Coraman E. Cryptic diversity of the bent-wing bat, Miniopterus schreibersii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), in Asia Minor. BMC Evol Biol 2010; 10:121. [PMID: 20433686 PMCID: PMC2873419 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2009] [Accepted: 04/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background Two or more species are cryptic, if they are morphologically similar, biologically distinct, and misclassified as a single species. Cryptic species complexes were recently discovered within many bat species and we suspect that the bent-wing bat, Miniopterus schreibersii, found in Europe, northern Africa, and Asia Minor, could also form such a complex. Populations of M. schreibersii decline in most of the European countries and the species is currently listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List. Finding that M. schreibersii is not a single species, but a species complex, would have a considerable impact on its conservation strategies, as the abundance of each component taxon would be much smaller than the one estimated for the nominal species. Results Miniopterus schreibersii in Asia Minor consists of two genetically diverged lineages, which are reciprocally monophyletic on three mitochondrial DNA markers, have a diagnostic set of multilocus allele frequencies, and show a marked difference in their population structures. The lineages differ slightly in their size, wing shape, and echolocation call parameters. Although these differences are sufficient to discriminate between the lineages, they are not fully diagnostic in reference to individuals. We suggest that the lineages endured the major Northern Hemisphere glaciations in different glacial refugia and colonized Asia Minor after the last glacial maximum. The lineages are allopatric, which is neither delineated by the presence of geographical barriers nor associated with the specific climatic conditions, and which we link to competitive exclusion. Conclusions The distinctions between the lineages comply with most of the criteria required for species delineation imposed by various species concepts. Accordingly, we conclude that M. schreibersii in Asia Minor is represented by two cryptic species. Our results imply that the distributional range of the nominal species is almost exclusively limited to Europe and the coastal zones of Asia Minor. As populations of M. schreibersii seem to be much smaller than currently assumed, conservation strategies regarding this taxon need to be revised. The exact distributional range and the vulnerability of the suggested sister species to M. schreibersii is yet to be assessed.
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- Andrzej Furman
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, 34342 Istanbul, Turkey.
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